Neighbors and project representatives traded questions and assurances at a Metro community meeting about a proposed development on Cane Ridge Road, focusing on sight distance for vehicles exiting the project and on flooding the roadwork is expected to mitigate.

A resident who said she lives directly across the street from the development, identified at the meeting as Miss Hickman, told project leaders that the roadwork “is gonna help our property. It's gonna help it not to flood.” She pressed officials for a timeline and asked why the matter had taken “months and months.”

The concern about sight distance was raised by multiple neighbors. One participant described a “grade that keeps you from having a long sight distance, and that's where people are doing the fastest,” and asked whether the developer’s turning-lane work would change the grade or otherwise improve visibility.

Project representatives responded that they expect to work with state transportation agencies on technical requirements. Sean, a project representative, said, “We will work with NDOT and or TDOT, whoever Metro decides needs to have input on that improvements for that entrance. And we will certainly work to achieve whatever is needed based off their comments. Our engineers will work with them.”

Scott, a representative for the developer, asked for patience from neighbors and said the team aims to “go above and beyond” basic standards for the district. “We really feel like we are providing a community that does that,” he said.

Meeting organizers and project staff described a communications plan to share questions and answers with the neighborhood. Attendees were asked to submit questions by the end of the following day so staff could compile responses; staff members Rosie and Melody were identified as points of contact to receive and distribute the compiled responses. A project representative asked residents to also email Brandon Tomlin at brandon.tomlin@centurycommunities.com with specific technical questions so they could be addressed in the group response.

A participant at the meeting said the project had appeared before the Metro Planning Commission that night and that, because the commission had no public commenters, it would move forward to the city council and likely be scheduled for first reading in roughly two and a half weeks. Meeting participants did not present a council action or vote during this community meeting itself.

Neighbors urged that staff and the developer perform a field check of sight lines rather than rely only on plan drawings. One attendee pointed to a nearby development on Cane Ridge Road where drivers reportedly must pull partly into the roadway to see oncoming traffic; that example was cited as a reason to confirm visibility on-site.

No formal motions or government votes were taken at this community meeting. Staff and the developer committed to follow-up: engineers will coordinate with the appropriate state transportation agency on sight-distance and turning-lane design, and staff will distribute a written Q&A to everyone on the meeting database once responses are compiled.